Monday, 30 June 2014

We had a pretty quiet day today, as I was still trying to kick the dregs of my
man cold, and it was cold with a howling wind outside.

The first thing we did when Sarah dropped Zoe off was assemble the IKEA
bookshelf I got for her room on the weekend. She now has four shelves instead
of two, and so now her books don't have to be precariously balanced on top of
another set of shelves. Zoe seemed to enjoy helping me put it together.

After that, we popped out to the bank to sort out some US dollars. The Cash
Passport has evolved significantly since we first moved to the US, and the
Traveller
Card is a pretty nice product.

After a stop at the pharmacy to stock up on pseudo-ephedrine for the flight and
a stop at the post office to put the mail on hold, we came back home and put a
bunch of the Woolworths Jamie's Garden stickers in Zoe's sticker album.

After that, a lot of TV was watched, and I alternated between watching TV with
Zoe and packing. I can now say that I've watched the pilot for the Muppet
Show. It wasn't that good. I think I'm on top of the packing, and am
generally feeling organised for the trip. The one thing I haven't done yet is
book a rental car for the drive from Austin to Dallas on the way home.

Anshu came over for dinner, and I managed to get Zoe to bed a bit early, which
should help get us going early in the morning, when Sarah picks us up to take
us to the airport.